Courthouse Junior School

Courthouse Junior School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, now achieving a good rating across all evaluated areas. The school is dedicated to fostering an environment where pupils excel academically and personally, as encapsulated in their motto ‘Every child flourishing’. Pupils enjoy their time at the school and benefit from a wide range of extracurricular activities, contributing to their overall development. While the school excels in teaching and learning, with strong reading and mathematics outcomes, there are areas that still need attention, particularly in computing. Pupils generally exhibit good behavior in lessons, but there are challenges with behavior during unstructured times. The leadership team has adopted a proactive approach to improving school performance, although staff workload and support remain ongoing concerns.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy school and take pride in their learning.
• Teachers prepare lessons carefully, promoting strong progress in various subjects.
• The school has transformed its quality of education in the last year.
• Teachers effectively support all pupils, including those with additional needs.
• Pupils develop good reading skills that aid learning in other subjects.
• Pupils are encouraged to participate in physical activities and sports.
• Leaders communicate well with parents about their child's learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils make less progress in computing due to unclear expectations.
• Behaviour outside lessons is not consistently high.
• Some staff feel unsupported and overwhelmed by workload.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Courthouse Junior School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.1% of pupils at Courthouse Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Courthouse Junior School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.3% of pupils at Courthouse Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Courthouse Junior School received £6,372 and spent £6,276 for each of its 350 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £257,000 (£735 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Courthouse Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Courthouse Junior School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Courthouse Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Courthouse Junior School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Courthouse Junior School have?

Courthouse Junior School has 350 pupils on roll.

What age range does Courthouse Junior School cover?

Courthouse Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Courthouse Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Courthouse Junior School?

Courthouse Junior School is at Blenheim Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 5HE.